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The UConn men are top dogs again. Frankie & Johnny cover championship celebrations in Connecticut and more.
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A state oversight board announced on Thursday that it could recommend a full state takeover of West Haven to fix longstanding problems in the city’s finance department, which allowed a former lawmaker and city employee to steal more than $1.2 million in recent years.
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The defendant in a high-profile fraud trial involving the theft of more than $431,000 from the city of West Haven was found guilty Friday of two federal crimes. After roughly five hours of deliberations, a 12-member jury convicted John Trasacco, a Branford resident, of wire fraud and a federal conspiracy charge.
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Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered their closing arguments on Thursday as part of a high-profile criminal trial that included allegations about kickbacks, bogus invoices, shell companies and a massive level of fraud within the West Haven city government.
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John Trasacco, a Branford resident is accused of conspiring to steal more than $431,000 from West Haven taxpayers.
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Opening arguments have begun in the state Supreme Court case challenging the absentee ballots that reelected Nancy Rossi in the 2021 West Haven mayoral election.
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A city councilman and fire commissioner in West Haven, used his elected position as a leader of the city’s West Shore Fire District to authorize contracts and payments for a company owned by his wife and son, documents show.
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WHEAT of West Haven distributes food to about 300 to 350 families a month – a number that’s gone up during the pandemic.
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Family members of Mubarak Soulemane gathered to mark the arrest of Brian North, who shot and killed the 19-year-old in 2020.
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Connecticut welcomed one of the first Ukrainian refugee families on Monday. Nearly 4.5 million Ukrainians have fled their country since the Russian invasion began in late February, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency. Most have gone to Poland and Romania. The Biden administration said it would welcome 100,000 refugees from Ukraine.